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states rejected obamacare. several came up with using those federal dollars to use their own federal system -- their own system. taxes turning its back on federal money. would you be willing to negotiate with the federal government on a plan that lowers premiums as well as reduces the local tax burden or would you refuse to talk to washington and make a deal? what i think is the best strategy for the state of texas would be for the state of texas to be able to get a grant or we would have the level of flexibility so we could address the unique health care challenges the people of the state of texas face. these bureaucrats in washington, they do not know how to address our health care problems. >> i hate to cut you off. conservatives they block grants are not a practical solution. >> they have been used effectively in states like rhode island and indiana and i think they can be used now. which laid out strategies i will improve health care spending on areas where we can improve people's lives. i want to increase
states rejected obamacare. several came up with using those federal dollars to use their own federal system -- their own system. taxes turning its back on federal money. would you be willing to negotiate with the federal government on a plan that lowers premiums as well as reduces the local tax burden or would you refuse to talk to washington and make a deal? what i think is the best strategy for the state of texas would be for the state of texas to be able to get a grant or we would have the...
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obamacare is a failure. obamacare and expandeded medicare is bad for patients, it is bad for doctors, it is bad for taxpayers. you've seen the future of obamacare with v.a. care. as it concerns for doctors, they are fleeing both medicaid and obamacare because they simply cannot get paid and we can't have health care without doctors. >> general abbott do you support the -- >> we don't need these obama-style mandates telling business how to run their business. the one thing we know is government doesn't know how to run business and proof of that is by looking at the state of texas itself. because i know that senator davis thinks that we need to have an increased in minimum wage here. but here is the lost fact and that is about 94% of the hourly wage jobs in the state of texas are paid at above minimum wage already. there's a reason for that. and that is because texas's models works as it concerns job creation. what we need to do is get government off the backs of businesses and let the free market do this. if
obamacare is a failure. obamacare and expandeded medicare is bad for patients, it is bad for doctors, it is bad for taxpayers. you've seen the future of obamacare with v.a. care. as it concerns for doctors, they are fleeing both medicaid and obamacare because they simply cannot get paid and we can't have health care without doctors. >> general abbott do you support the -- >> we don't need these obama-style mandates telling business how to run their business. the one thing we know is...
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addressing the future of obamacare with him. doctors are fleeing of dedicated medicaid is -- fleeing and obamacare is coming up. >> the you support a raise of the minimum wage in texas? >> we do not need those obama-style mandates telling businesses how to run their businesses. the one thing we know is that government does not know how to run business and proof of that is looking at the state of texas itself. i know senator davis thinks that we need to have an increase in minimum wage here. 94% of the lost fact -- the hourly wage jobs in texas are paid at the above minimum wage already. there is a reason for that and that is because texas model works. what we need to do is get the government off the backs of businesses and let the free market do this. the wage growth we have seen in the state of texas, the federal reserve says the greatest increases we have seen are in the top two quartiles in the category. we have top-paying jobs in texas because we do not let the federal government tell us how to run our business. >> i know wh
addressing the future of obamacare with him. doctors are fleeing of dedicated medicaid is -- fleeing and obamacare is coming up. >> the you support a raise of the minimum wage in texas? >> we do not need those obama-style mandates telling businesses how to run their businesses. the one thing we know is that government does not know how to run business and proof of that is looking at the state of texas itself. i know senator davis thinks that we need to have an increase in minimum...